It would be extremely useful to be able to search for comments by user. Analagous to the search for identifications by user id (ident_user_id).

This would be helpful from a moderation standpoint too.

Yeah, I’ve always thought it kind of odd that there’s a search box once you filter to your own comments or observations: [image] [image] but there’s no search box on the unfiltered comments page: [image]

bumping this, it would be very helpful as a Curator. just encountered a guy who has been telling newbies with, let’s face it, pretty terrible photographs to delete their observations :( and I have no way of finding his past comments

I have been telling my students who post observations with no photograph and no location to delete those. The students have also posted some truly unidentifiable observations, those I usually recommend that they upload an improved image of the plant. There really is no easy way to tell from iNatural…

I can understand that. Thanks for the perspective. I did send a message to the user, and if he had responded with an explanation that would have been fine. And I agree, there is definitely content that cannot possibly be identified. But you and I see this as an opportunity to teach a new user about…

[image] danaleeling: I have been telling my students who post observations with no photograph and no location to delete those. I think that is a valid form of mentoring, and one that the students have an expectation will take place. I welcome advice by others on how to make observations, eve…

and I agree… bump on this feature request, it would be super useful! but I’ll take the opportunity to state the obvious: Small Team Huge “to-do list” Oh! What a Year it’s Been! Issues of scale, both now and going forward.

Was about to make a forum post asking this very thing- this would be massively useful from a moderation standpoint.

Hey, iNat staffers, We are not really asking for a new feature, just for someone to tell us how to access a functionality that already exists. We know the server can find all my comment-box comments with the keyword “gall” when I enter the URL " https://inaturalist.org/comments?mine=true&commit=Sea…

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lera July 24, 2019, 4:49pm 2

& for comments that I have made on the observations of another specific user (so filter my comments by those made to another user). I understand this might be a bit niche but I have wished to do it several times lately.

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